Together,
We Can Do More

The Community Foundation works in partnership with donors and nonprofits to improve lives in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.

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Who We Are

For 27 years, we’ve nurtured philanthropic partnerships in the Valley, growing our local capacities to respond to critical community needs.

Join us in our commitment to creating a healthier, more vibrant, and better resourced community for all who call this beautiful place home.

Why Work With TCF

$9.3 Million

In Grants Awarded In 2025

$1.4 Million

In Annual Scholarships

$92.9 Million

Awarded since 1998

358

Funds Created

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Since 1998, we’ve been leaders and champions of community change through trusted philanthropic engagement, effective community investment, and civic leadership. With our guidance, donors have mobilized nearly $93 million to support the arts, our youth and seniors, healthcare, the environment, faith-based services, and many other areas.

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How We Can Help

Community Initiatives

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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Support literacy by sponsoring free books for local children under age five.

Imagination Library

Great Community Give

Join us every April for this online giving day supporting area nonprofits.

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Giving Back Guides

Giving Back Guide

Explore local funding needs in this nonprofit directory published annually.

Giving Back Guide

Nonprofit Leadership and Support

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Resources for Your Work

Leave a Lasting Impact with a Forever Fund

Forever Funds harness the power of endowments to support the community you love forever. You make annual distributions to charities you support while the initial gift continues to grow.

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  • The Community Foundation has helped provide a way for me to honor my husband and our shared support of certain local nonprofits. We’re going to need these organizations and they’re going to need financial support. Even after I’m gone it’s going to be critical to have those funds for those nonprofit organizations.

    Jane Smith

  • Receiving the W.P. and T.M. Phillips Memorial Scholarship stands as a testament to the foundation’s belief in my potential, both for my college journey and my future career. The financial support has been invaluable.

    Kerrigan Bauserman

  • This organization has an extremely big heart. They make it their mission to bring the Harrisonburg community together by raising donations and spreading awareness of the many amazing non-profit organizations in the area.

    Kyle Flix

  • We have been involved with The Community Foundation for many years and see good things happening. The people who work there love our community and they work with us to easily give back to nonprofits we care about.

    Chester Bradfield

  • I love The Community Foundation. The folks there are so helpful and communicate well. I like to work with them to help with my charitable giving because they honor my intent and all of their profit ultimately benefits the community.

    Hahns Kanode

News & Insights

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Program manager graduates from Leadership Harrisonburg-Rockingham

Program Manager Kesley Gerber recently graduated from the Leadership Harrisonburg-Rockingham program. This 10-month program, offered by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce, develops current and future leaders through community awareness, engagement, and education. Participants are nominated and sponsored by their employers, and selected for participation by a committee of LHR alumni. Over the 10 months, the […]

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historic Valley home with portrait of Audrey L. Driver

Historic preservation projects to benefit from new grant funding honoring Audrey L. Driver

Audrey Driver lived most of her adult life away from her childhood home in northern Rockingham County, but she never forgot about her Shenandoah Valley roots. They were strong and grounded, woven from fond memories and family history. Don Driver, her nephew, and Becky Driver, her niece, recall their aunt’s stories of climbing the hill […]

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Retirement plans and charitable giving: QCDs continue their appeal

You’ve no doubt noticed that Qualified Charitable Distributions (“QCDs”) continue to gain traction as one of the most practical and effective charitable planning tools for clients over age 70 ½. By allowing eligible clients to transfer funds directly from an IRA to a qualified charity without recognizing the distribution as taxable income, QCDs can help […]

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